Author: Robert J. Sawyer

Quotes

One of the things that science fiction gets to do is thought experiments about the human condition that would be impractical or unethical to conduct in real life.

One of the things that science fiction gets to do is thought experiments about the human condition that would be impractical or unethical to conduct in real life.

- Robert J. Sawyer

Fiction is all about vicarious experiences and getting into other people's heads in a way that no other art form lets you.

Fiction is all about vicarious experiences and getting into other people's heads in a way that no other art form lets you.

- Robert J. Sawyer

The heart and soul of good writing is research; you should write not what you know but what you can find out about.

The heart and soul of good writing is research; you should write not what you know but what you can find out about.

- Robert J. Sawyer

My personal mission statement is to combine the intimately human and the grandly cosmic. I like to think that science fiction works on these two different scales.

My personal mission statement is to combine the intimately human and the grandly cosmic. I like to think that science fiction works on these two different scales.

- Robert J. Sawyer

An agnostic is someone who believes the nature of the Divine is unknowable... and in that sense, I'm willing to subscribe to being an agnostic.

An agnostic is someone who believes the nature of the Divine is unknowable... and in that sense, I'm willing to subscribe to being an agnostic.

- Robert J. Sawyer

I really strived to give equal weight to the two halves of my genre's name: science and fiction.

I really strived to give equal weight to the two halves of my genre's name: science and fiction.

- Robert J. Sawyer

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